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The emporium for all things literary

Pender County author and huntress Fiona Wilde will be signing copies of her erotic novel “No Ordinary Affair” from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 17) at Spyces, 117 Grace St. She’ll be talking about how the e-book trade has affected the erotica market, not to mention the whole “Fifty Shades of Grey” phenom. (Which raises a question my wife asked: Has anyone else noticed all the obvious parallels between “Fifty Shades” Vol. I and that old Richard Gere/Julia Roberts… Read More »

About This Blog

This is an emporium for all things literary: occasional book reviews, local book news, items about authors (mostly from the Cape Fear area but occasional visitors) and miscellaneous rants.

The usual author is Ben Steelman, feature writer and book columnist for the Star-News. He’s that shaggy, slightly smelly character you spot lurking in the back aisles of your local bookstore. Physically, he has more than a passing resemblance to Ignatius J. Reilly, hero of John Kennedy Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces” — some observers have noted other parallels as well.